Macropelopia (Macropelopia) patagonica, a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Patagonian Andes

Fabio Laurindo DA Silva; Luiz Carlos Pinho

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.10

Macropelopia (Macropelopia) patagonica, a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Patagonian Andes

Zootaxa. 2020 Feb 10;4731(4):zootaxa.4731.4.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.10.

Authors

Fabio Laurindo DA Silva¹, Luiz Carlos Pinho

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Systematic and Biogeography of Insecta, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.. fabiologia@gmail.com.

PMID: 32230289
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.10

Abstract

One new species of Macropelopia Thienemann (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), M. (Macropelopia) patagonica sp. n. is described and figured as adult male. The specimens were collected from the Patagonian Andes, at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. In addition, the generic diagnosis of Macropelopia is emended for the adult male.

Keywords: Diptera, Neotropical region, new species, taxonomy, tanypod, chironomid.

MeSH terms

Animals
Chironomidae*
Diptera*
Larva
Male
Pupa